Numbers 5:4

“And the sons of Israel did so, and sent them outside the camp; as YHWH had spoken to Moses, so the sons of Israel did.”

Numbers 5:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 5:4, word by word

And the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “yaasu” appears
and sentיְשַׁלְּחוּyeshalchu

send away

To send away, or divorce one's wife.

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outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

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the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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had spokenדִּבֶּרdiber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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The context

3Both male and female you shall send out; outside the camp you shall send them, so that they do not make unclean their camps, in the midst of which I dwell.”

4 · This verse (above)

5And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

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